[geclipse-dev] AW: g-Eclipse & support for JobType="MPICH" applications

["Stuempert, Mathias IWR" <mathias.stuempert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

And to complete the confusion here is what I already answered to John ...

Hi John,

I'm sure the experts in the team may give you some more detailed answers on your questions. Nevertheless allow me to give you some first input...

> * Are there plans to support MPI applications in the near future?

I guess you mean support for developers of MPI applications here, right?! In fact we are working on such a support together with the PTP project (http://www.eclipse.org/ptp/) which actually is dedicated to the development of parallel applications. We just had a meeting with the guys there and talked about synergies and the integration of both projects. So I can clearly answer this question with yes. When talking about the near future I think the integration will start soon and should be finished with the final g-Eclipse 1.0 release which is scheduled for autumn.

> * Are there plans to support the job perusal features supported by glite?

This is clearly a question to Pawel and his team. So I leave the answer to them.

> * Is there any documentation/tutorials on the visualisation support in g-Eclipse.

Documentation for the visualisation together with all other documentations can be found in the integrated Eclipse help system and the also integrated cheat sheets. So you should have a look at these. Furthermore Sylva may give you some more details here.

> * The g-Eclipse web page says that 'existing tools (such as the Migrating
>    Desktop....will be integrated.' What features of Migrating Desktop will be
>    supported? -- I assume that the roaming access server will be used to funnel all
>    communication from g-Eclipse on a user's desktop to grid resources that may not
>    be accessible directly from the user's desktop (running the g-Eclipse instance),
>    am I correct?

The integration of Migration Desktop is actually represented by what we call the Grid Project. As soon as you create such a project within your workspace you have access to the resources that are available for your VO. Furthermore you are able to manage your jobs and data within this project. Within g-Eclipse there is furthermore no need for something like a Roaming Access Server. Also here Pawel may give you some more detailed information since he was formerly involved in the development of Migrating Desktop (actually before he realised that g-Eclipse is the better platform to access Grids, right Pawel?! ;-)

> Congratulations on a fine application!

Mmmh, such feedback is always welcome and encourages us to make an even better job ;-)

BTW., since we are still on the Milestone Track we are also able to react on user requests. So if you find any missing functionality that is required for you and your team just shout loud.

Best regards,

Mathias